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Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost
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William Poole
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English
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2017
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William Poole recounts Milton's life as England’s self-elected national poet and explains how the greatest poem of the English language came to be written. How did a blind man compose this staggeringly complex, intensely visual work? Poole explores how Milton’s life and preoccupations inform the poem itself—its structure, content, and meaning.
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The book displays such an extraordinary level of learning…Poole’s book may well become what he shows Paradise Lost soon became: a classic.
-- Neil Forsyth Times Literary Supplement
-- Neil Forsyth Times Literary Supplement
Smart and original…It offers a complex literary history by way of an extended biographical reading of a single poem; it demonstrates with astonishing exactitude how Milton’s life and—most impressively of all—his reading enabled this epic.
-- Marcus Nevitt The Spectator
-- Marcus Nevitt The Spectator
Despite the abundance of Milton-derived literature already available, William Poole manages to deliver a spectacularly structured, tightly written, and captivating addition to literary studies.
-- Matthew Snider PopMatters
-- Matthew Snider PopMatters
Poole offers an authoritative, and accessible, introduction to Milton’s life and an engaging examination of the process of composing Paradise Lost…Poole's book is required reading for seasoned Milton scholars and students serious about the study of Milton.
-- P. E. Phillips Choice
-- P. E. Phillips Choice
A readable and learned introduction to the creation and meaning of Paradise Lost.
-- Joseph Rosenblum Library Journal
-- Joseph Rosenblum Library Journal
In this deeply learned and lucidly written book, Poole provides a useful and compelling portrait of ‘Milton as a reader and scholar,’ demonstrates how Milton amassed the learning that went into the composition of his most famous poem, and, in the process, makes this most ambitious of early modern poets accessible to his modern readers.
-- Corey McEleney Journal of British Studies
-- Corey McEleney Journal of British Studies
William Poole proves to be a genial, learned, and intelligent guide to the origins, contexts, structures, themes, and significance of Milton’s great epic. Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost is a pleasure to read!
-- Stephen M. Fallon, University of Notre Dame
-- Stephen M. Fallon, University of Notre Dame
Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost is a compact jewel, quite unique in its synthesis, and it will be consulted for many years to come.
-- Nigel Smith, Princeton University
-- Nigel Smith, Princeton University
William Poole is one of the most original and interesting scholars of Milton and his time. This will surely become a key—even a classic—work in Milton studies.
-- Nicholas McDowell, University of Exeter
-- Nicholas McDowell, University of Exeter
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgments
xi - PART ONE: MILTON
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1. The Undertaking
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2. School and the Gils
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3. An Anxious Young Man
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4. Ambitions
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5. Milton’s Syllabus
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6. Securing a Reputation
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7. Two Problematic Books
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8. Systematic Theology
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9. Drafts for Dramas
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10. Two Competitors: Davenant and Cowley
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11. Going Blind
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12. The Undertaking, Revisited
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13. Bibliographical Interlude: Publishing Paradise Lost
146 - PART TWO: PARADISE LOST
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14. Structure
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15. Creating a Universe
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16. Epic Disruption
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17. Military Epic
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18. Scientific Epic
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19. Pastoral Tragedy
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20. Contamination and Doubles
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21. Justifying the Ways of God to Men
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22. Becoming a Classic
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Appendix: Milton’s Classroom Authors
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Notes
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Index
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